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As detailed in our previous Legal Briefing (see link: Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccines (lawpf.com)), the New York State Department of Health...

When a nursing home discharges or transfers a resident, state and federal legal requirements mandate that the facility follow a detailed...

On June 21, 2021, the COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards (“ETS”) issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”)...

“Gestational surrogacy” is a type of surrogacy where the surrogate does not provide the egg for fertilization but instead carries the...

On March 24, 2021, New York lawmakers repealed significant protections from COVID-19 related liability for nursing facilities, hospitals...

On March 11, 2021, President Joseph R. Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP) into law. The $1.9 trillion coronavirus...

In an announcement made by the Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) at the U.S Department of Health and Human Services, the penalties under...

Congress in 2016 passed the 21st Century Cures Act (“Cures Act”). Nestled within the 312-page law is a section prohibiting “information...

Governor Cuomo’s recently released State of the State Plan and 2022 Health budget contain many proposals that impact health care professiona

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in an outpouring of information to the general public, much of it inaccurate. Healthcare related law has

The federal 21st Century Cures Act from 2016 included provisions to advance and accelerate the adoption and effective use of health...

New York State passed a law changing the statute of limitations for medical debt in April of this year (Laws of 2020, Chapter 56). The new..

On October 7, 2020, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a new bill (S.6678-A) into law requiring that all physicians' practice settings...

In the United States, COVID-19 has infected over 6 million people and caused almost 190,000 deaths and the totals are rising. A large...

As part of the national response to the COVID‐19 public health emergency, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) provided...

A recent decision out of the United States District Court of the District of Columbia upheld a new federal rule requiring hospitals in...

Recently, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued additional guidance reminding covered health care providers that the HIPAA Privacy...

On May 7, 2020, Governor Cuomo issued Executive Order 202.28 and rolled back many of the protections afforded to health care providers...

On March 4, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced it would direct all state survey agencies to focus on...